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A dying teen learns to live in this heart wrenching debut the New York Times Book Review calls, “Funny and entertaining.”
Campbell Cooper has never been in love. And if the doctors are right, she'll never have the chance. So when she's told she needs a miracle, her family moves 1,500 miles north to Promise, Maine--a place where amazing, unexplainable events are said to occur--like it or not. And when a mysterious envelope arrives, containing a list of things for Cam to do before she dies, she finally learns to believe--in love, in herself, and maybe even in miracles, as improbable as they may seem.
- Sales Rank: #724070 in Books
- Published on: 2012-07-05
- Released on: 2012-07-05
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.25" h x .80" w x 5.48" l, .75 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 336 pages
Review
"Funny and entertaining."
--New York Times Book Review
"The story unfolds through narration as beautiful as 'the sun's everlasting gobstopper descent behind the lighthouse.'"
--Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW
"A witty, clever, meaningful, kind of kooky life-sometimes-stinks-but-it's-all-we-have tour de force."
--School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW
"Wonderfully bittersweet, with just as much humor as sadness."
--Seventeen.com
"A funny, quirky, and uplifting novel that will stay with the reader long after one is finished reading it."
--Library Media Connection
"Some readers prefer a little whimsy and bittersweet philosophy to tear-jerking and the story of Cam's final summer will be just what they are looking for."
--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"This tale of romance, adventure, chasing dreams, and finding the power in home is a DO NOT MISS!"
--Justine Magazine
"Hilarious, wry, heartbreaking, and profound all at the same time."
--Sara Shepard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars
About the Author
Wendy Wunder (yes, that is her real name) is also the author of The Museum of Intangible Things. When she's not writing or spending time with her family, she teaches yoga in Boston.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful.
5/5 Stars
By Nicole's Book Blog
"The Probability of Miracles" isn't an easy book to read, but it is an absolutely beautiful debut.
The story is about Cam, a seventeen year old girl with cancer. She's just been informed by her doctor that there's nothing else they can do to help her, that the best she can hope for is a miracle. Her mother, Alicia, refuses to give up, however, and soon they head off to Promise, Maine - a place that is said to be magical. Along the way they visit her grandmother and her best friend, Lily, who is also battling cancer. Although Lily and Cam speak daily, Cam finds herself dumbfounded when Lily reveals she's met a boy, Ryan. When Cam finds out Ryan has a girlfriend and he's messing around with Lily on the side, she flat-out asks if he intends on breaking up with his girlfriend for Lily. When Cam tries to explain to Lily what Ryan told her, Lily decides she wants nothing to do with Cam anymore.
When they finally do reach Maine, Cam finds herself unable to believe in hope, love, and miracles - everything her mother and Lily want her to believe in. But when she finally opens up, she begins to rethink everything.
I absolutely loved Cam. She's sarcastic. She's funny. She seems real. Everything that she goes through: falling in love for the first time (Asher), dealing with the loss of a friend, and accepting that her family's lives will continue without her - it all feels real. Same for the other characters. Each and every character in "The Probability of Miracles" is flawed, but that makes them more realistic. For example, Cam's mother, Alicia, isn't the perfect mother by any standards, but you can tell she loves her daughter and that she's terrified of losing her. That final scene between the two of them - it's a beautifully written moment.
There are plenty of humorous moments through out "The Probability of Miracles", mainly thanks to Nana and Cam, but this isn't a happy story. It's a story about a young girl trying to experience everything life has to offer before it's too late. Expect tears when you finish. Lots of them.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
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By Kat Alexander
Let me start by directing you towards the author's name. Wendy Wunder. Book about miracles. Now, I may not be one to believe in miracles, but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate a good coincidence. (And enjoy a name pun. With the initials `A.K.A.', I think it's a requirement.)
The Probability of Miracles (thankfully containing no actual math) leaves it to the reader to decide whether the strange things that happen are truly miracles or just odd coincidences. Campbell Cooper, our sixteen-year-old dry wit protag, is prone to erring on the side of caution. There are no miracles. Cam's had a pretty bad run of life--her parents' divorce, followed by her father dying from cancer, followed by her getting cancer . . . and all while living at the Happiest Place on Earth. That's right: Walt Disney World, where Cam's mom, Alicia, works.
Alicia believes in miracles, though, and when Cam's cancer is deemed a lost cause ("What you need is a miracle," says Cam's doctor), Alecia packs up Cam and her younger sister, Perry, to spend what will likely be Cam's last summer in Promise, Maine, where there are flamingos and purple dandelions and sunsets that last for hours. Maybe here, they will find Cam a miracle. Even if it isn't the one anyone is expecting.
I read The Probability of Miracles in one night. I looked up when I had finished to see that it was suddenly eleven at night--and I still hadn't written anything for NaNoWriMo that day. It's just the tiniest bit super enthralling that way.
Cam may be an undeniable pessimist, but she's the nice sort of pessimist--the sort that's pessimistic because, well, she's dying (just a bit of a bummer, that), but at the same time recognizes her pessimism and occasionally tries to lighten it up a bit for Alecia and Perry. I adore Cam. She's witty without seeming overdone; witty to a spoken degree, rather than to a writer-sitting-at-a-desk-has-all-day-to-think-of-a-clever-line degree. She tends to go off the deep end rather often. She makes crappy choices. She's dying after all, and finds herself trying to fit an entire bucket list into a few short months. While I may have occasionally thought she moves too fast and is too unsupervised (dare I say: where are the parents in YA?), I never found myself disliking Cam, or thinking ill of her because of her choices. Wunder has done a remarkable job of keeping Cam believable and identifiable, even as she dies of cancer, even as she makes some remarkably bad decisions.
This is in part because of the quick pacing of the novel. One event quickly moves on to take the place of the next. There are days-long gaps in between chapters every now and then. Time passes quickly. There aren't many real obstacles. Characters decide to do something; characters do it. It seems rushed for a moment, then you remember that it's been four days since the last chapter ended-there has been time for x, y, and z to be planned--the author has just skipped over that phase, because frankly, it'd be boring to read and the book is 350 pages long as is. I didn't notice until I was halfway through the book that Cam, Alicia, and Perry still hadn't made it to Maine. The 350 pages go quickly, and because Cam is so likable, anything unrealistic or overly quick melts into the background. A lot happens in those 350 pages, but I never questioned any of it, or how easily each new event came-characters decide to do something, characters do it. No questions asked.
A bit grim and a bit serious at times (have I mentioned how the main character spends the entire book dying?), The Probability of Miracles still comes highly recommended. Keep some chocolate on hand and a good chunk of time set aside to finish it in one go, if necessary. And now I leave you with one last horrible name pun: it'll be a miracle if stores can keep this book on their shelves! Ha. Ha. Ha.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
Hobbitsies Reviews: Bitter, snarky, heartbreaking
By Tara Gonzalez
I knew before reading The Probability of Miracles by Wendy Wunder, I would cry. But I just didn't realize how much. The Probability of Miracles is seriously intense.
Cam, the protagonist, is biting and sarcastic and witty and real. She's got this terrible disease that is killing her, and she's walling herself off from the world with sarcasm and anger. She doesn't want to let the cancer control her, and the struggle within herself is reflected beautifully in everything she does and says in this book.
All of the characters, for that matter - her mother, her sister, Asher...I just loved each and every one of them and I hurt for them, having to watch Cam go through this.
And oh my god, the story. It's painful and heartbreaking and I just ached for all these characters. I literally cried and cried and cried.
The Probability of Miracles is a beautiful debut full of real characters with real and terrible problems. But it's almost a story of hope, a story about living, if that makes any sense.
If you're looking for a fantastic contemporary that's sure to make you feel something, definitely check out The Probability of Miracles by Wendy Wunder.
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